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Show me the game list. IMO the make or break for SteamOS. I have a steam account on a mac which has a pretty close parity with linux as to the game list. If th
by BashiBazouk 13y ago
Show me the game list. IMO the make or break for SteamOS.
I have a steam account on a mac which has a pretty close parity with linux as to the game list. If that is all, not that interested. New games only for the steamOS will take some time to build a catalog. Similar to the new generation of consoles, from what I have seen it's going to be next fall before there are enough interesting titles to tempt me to get one. If Valve can bring a decent chunk of the last few years of windows games to SteamOS, I would be quite interested in a unit.
The other thing not talked about with SteamOS, PS4 or Xbone is cheat protection on multiplayer games. Huge problem with PC gaming. Small problem with Xbox 360 and a minor problem with PS3. What does SteamOS bring to the table to help prevent this? Or is it purely on the game studio to combat cheating?
- agildehaus 13y agoValve has been focusing an extreme amount on becoming the place indie studios release on. They're intent is clear: focus more on finding the next top-tier studios instead of a pointless pursuit of the current ones. There's also nothing preventing you from using Windows on one of these boxes, or streaming Windows games from another PC. Valve has an anti-cheat system, but I don't think they license it (someone correct me if they do).
- firloop 13y agoSteam does offer [1] their anti-cheat system to developers, along with features such as matchmaking, leaderboards and achievements. It's all on a platform called Steamworks, which offers devs very similar features to Sony and Microsoft's online services. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Anti-Cheat#Games_that_support_VAC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Anti-Cheat#Games_that_sup...
- enjo 13y agoSports games drive a huge piece of the console world. Indie releases aren't going to get the job done.